Architecture of the Golden Age of the Athenians
- Acropolis was the main group of buildings in Athens that looked over the city
- sacred area that is one
- Acropolis- 9 years to build and completed in 438 BC
- Parthenon- built 460-430 BC under
- was political and critical
- one of the biggest construction
- Porch of Caryatids- six columns and female figure sculptured looked real and elegant while with standing the with of the roof
- 421BC-406BC $130 million
- Greek art in the Golden age
- sculptures of the Athenian Acropolis made to look good
purpose
- show culture and political achievements
- honor to god and goddesses
- used for political gatherings
- walls for protection and defense
- market, worship, gatherings
- Parthenon- buildings like this were used for honoring gods and goddesses
- Agora- market place
- Theater of Dionysus- for plays and comity, whole town was invoked
- Gymnasium- school, boys and girls were separated
- Pnyx- like a government building, town meeting place
- Socrates- 470-399BC, sculpted, short handsome
- Plato- 437-347BC,
- Aristotle- 384-322BC, teaches, scientist and philosopher, liked nature
Military and Delian League
- tactics- Phalanx, use against Calvary, use natural habitats to protect weak side
- Navel Warfare- shipped grain and food into city, used trireme ships, rammed and boarded enemy ships
- Pericles- politician, democrat, general, Athenian, led victories
- Socrates- philosopher, Athenian, scrutinized Athens
- Plato, student of Socrates, wrote his dialogues
- Aristotle- student of Plato
- Archimedes- mathematics, first to calculate pi
- Delian League- 478BC, under Athens, headquarters was in Delos
- What it did- free lonian Greeks from Persia Protect Aegean Sea. use sea power,
- Persian War- Marathon, Thermopylae, and Salamis
- Peloponnese War- 431-404
- Battle of Pylos- 425BC
- Weaponry and Armor- swords, iron knifes, arrow heads, sling bullets, shields,archery, spears
participated in army
- -male
- 18 older
- own land
- 2 years training
old ways
- rich
- had to buy your weapons
- small armies because poor men couldn't partisipate
soldiers
- 18-60
- hoplites- heavily armored
- young ephebes- trade returned and awaited war
- attendants-poor citizens trusted slaves light armored
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